Parts Manager

Aec-Centro-De-Contato; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Equipment Company is seeking a high-impact Parts Manager to own a multi-location parts business with significant untapped growth. You’ll drive performance across sales, operations, inventory, and customer experience—while partnering with service and equipment teams to create a seamless, best-in-class operation.

You’ll lead inside and outside sales, warehouse teams, and build a high-accountability culture. A hands-on, entrepreneurial leader who can scale the business is required.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in parts, distribution, or supply chain leadership.
• Experience in HVAC, mechanical, or industrial distribution strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of driving growth, improving operations, and leading teams.
• Strong business acumen (pricing, margins, inventory, KPIs).
• Hands-on, player-coach mentality—you lead from the floor, not just the office.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset and bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Lead inside sales, outside sales, and warehouse teams across multiple locations.
• Build a high-accountability, performance-driven culture.
• Coach, develop, and elevate talent at every level.
• Identify and execute growth opportunities across pricing, product mix, and customer segments.
• Actively engage the market—customers, vendors, and team—to drive revenue.
• Own inventory performance: turns, accuracy, availability, and obsolescence.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory management

Sales leadership

Operations optimization

Data-driven decision making

Job description

For more than 75 years, Air Equipment Company has been solving the toughest HVAC challenges with smart, reliable solutions. We partner with over 45 leading manufacturers to bring cutting-edge air systems to life—and we do it with a team that values agility, collaboration, and fresh thinking. From engineers to sales and support, every voice on our team plays a part in pushing the industry forward.

If you’re looking for your next move, we’re glad you found us. At AEC, you’ll join a company where local roots meet the strength of a national network—giving you the tools to grow, the space to innovate, and the chance to make a real impact from day one. We review every application carefully and appreciate your interest in growing your career with our team.

Parts Manager

Build it. Scale it. Own it.

We’re looking for a high-impact Parts Manager to take ownership of a multi-location parts business with significant untapped growth.

This is not a “keep things running” role—this is abuild, optimize, and scale opportunity for someone who thinks like an owner and leads from the front.

You’ll operate as the business leader for parts—driving performance across sales, operations, inventory, and customer experience—while partnering across service and equipment teams to create a seamless, best-in-class operation.

What You’ll Own

Leadership & Culture

• Lead inside sales, outside sales, and warehouse teams across multiple locations
• Build a high-accountability, performance-driven culture
• Coach, develop, and elevate talent at every level

Growth & Market Impact

• Identify and execute growth opportunities across pricing, product mix, and customer segments
• Actively engage the market—customers, vendors, and team—to drive revenue
• Bring a proactive, entrepreneurial approach to expanding the business

Operations & Inventory Excellence

• Own inventory performance: turns, accuracy, availability, and obsolescence
• Optimize stocking strategy and enforce disciplined processes
• Improve speed, accuracy, and efficiency across locations

Business Ownership

• Own revenue, margins, expenses, and inventory investment
• Track and manage KPIs with a continuous improvement mindset
• Make data-driven decisions that drive profitability and growth

Customer Experience

• Deliver fast, accurate, and reliable parts support
• Build strong customer relationships and trust

What We’re Looking For

• 5–10+ years in parts, distribution, or supply chain leadership
• Experience in HVAC, mechanical, or industrial distribution strongly preferred
• Proven track record of driving growth, improving operations, and leading teams
• Strong business acumen (pricing, margins, inventory, KPIs)
• Hands-on, player-coach mentality—you lead from the floor, not just the office
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset and bias for action

What Success Looks Like

• Consistent sales and margin growth
• A high-performing, accountable, and engaged team
• Best-in-class customer experience across all locations
• A parts operation that runs like a business—not just a support function

Why This Role

• High visibility with real influence on the business
• Opportunity to build and scale something meaningful
• Autonomy to lead—not just manage
• Performance-driven culture that rewards results
• Competitive compensation + incentives tied to impact

Ready to Build Something?

If you’re a driven leader who knows parts, understands distribution, and wants to own, grow, and scale a business—we should talk.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Salary ranges listed are dependent upon a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the specific role and location.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in AEC’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305

Page 1 of 1

OMB Control Number 1250-0005

Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp .

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
• Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
• Blind or low vision
• Cancer (past or present)
• Cardiovascular or heart disease
• Celiac disease
• Cerebral palsy
• Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
• Diabetes
• Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
• Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
• Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
• Intellectual or developmental disability
• Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
• Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
• Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
• Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
• Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
• Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
• Short stature (dwarfism)
• Traumatic brain injury

Disability Status Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.